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Tribal police on the Makah reservation in Washington State have reported that a batch of marijuana they seized in a recent arrest may have been laced with fentanyl, a deadly synthetic opioid. Jasper Bruner, Makah police chief and public safety director, said that when his officers field-tested marijuana that was seized during the arrest, the test came back positive for fentanyl. Cannabis is illegal on the reservation, which operates under federal law, despite being legal in Washington state.
Bruner released a public notice warning residents of surrounding areas to beware of potentially fentanyl-contaminated pot, which was circulated widely on social media throughout the week. “We’re thinking there could be more,” Bruner said. “That’s why we put out the public notice. We don’t want anybody exposed to that.” The police chief said that the marijuana would be retested by the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab.
Federal and state law enforcement agencies working in the area have not reported discovering fentanyl-laced cannabis. “I can tell you we have had an increase in fentanyl seizures in the last year in the Pacific Northwest,” said Jodie Underwood,…
